BSc Geography
Entry requirements
A level: BBB. We recommend that this includes Geography, or alternatively you should have one of the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, English Literature, Environmental Studies, Geology, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Sociology. IB: 30 points overall with 15 points from the best 3 HL subjects including Geography or alternative cognate subject at HL grade 6
About this course
BSc Hons in Geography, a geography degree focused on environmental processes, spatial dynamics, and human-environment interactions. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Environmental Analysis, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, and Human Behaviour. The programme includes a final-year independent research project culminating in a dissertation. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Foundation Skills for LEC, Global Human Geography, Introducing Research in Geography, and Reading the Landscape, alongside optional subjects like Atmosphere, Weather and Climate. The second year advances core capabilities through Geographical Data Science, Living with the Landscape, and Physical Geography in Practice, while offering diverse optional modules including Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Conservation, Environmental Geography, Glaciology, Hydrology and Water Quality, Political and Economic Geography, Soil Science, and Sustainable Hebrides: Field Course. In the final year, students complete a compulsory Dissertation and choose from numerous advanced options such as Challenging Cities in the 21st Century, Climate Change, Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, Eco-Innovation for Sustainable Development, Food and Agriculture in the 21st Century, Geographies of Transformation in the Global South, Governing Socio-Ecological Systems in Tropical Asia Field Course, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science, Managing the Energy Transition, Political Ecology, Spatial Data Analysis, Sustainable Agriculture, Teaching, Outreach and Public Engagement, The Politics of Urban Futures: Field Course, Geological Hazards, Water Resources Management, Health Geographies, and Environmental Pollution: Management and Remediation.
Modules
- Foundation Skills for LEC
- Global Human Geography
- Introducing Research in Geography
- Reading the Landscape
- Atmosphere, Weather and Climate
- Biodiversity and Global Change
- Society and Place
- Geographical Data Science
- Living with the Landscape
- Physical Geography in Practice
- Atmospheric Science
- Ecology and Conservation
- Environmental Geography
- Glaciology
- Hydrology and Water Quality
- Political and Economic Geography
- Soil Science
- Sustainable Hebrides: Field Course
- Dissertation
- Challenging Cities in the 21st Century
- Climate Change
- Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
- Eco-Innovation for Sustainable Development
- Food and Agriculture in the 21st Century
- Geographies of Transformation in the Global South
- Governing Socio-Ecological Systems in Tropical Asia Field Course
- Interdisciplinary Conservation Science
- Managing the Energy Transition
- Political Ecology
- Spatial Data Analysis
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Teaching, Outreach and Public Engagement
- The Politics of Urban Futures: Field Course
- Geological Hazards
- Water Resources Management
- Health Geographies
- Environmental Pollution: Management and Remediation